2020–21 Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball)
| Domino's deild karla1 | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 2020 – 2021 |
| Number of games | 126 |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| TV partner(s) | Stöð 2 Sport |
← 2019–20 2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of 26 April 2020.1 Sponsored league name, referring to Úrvalsdeild karla. | |
The 2020–21 Úrvalsdeild karla is the 70th season of the Úrvalsdeild karla, the top tier men's basketball league in Iceland.
Competition format
The participating teams first played a conventional round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent once home and once away for a total of 22 games. The top eight teams qualified for the championship playoffs whilst the two last qualified were relegated to Division 1.[1]
Teams
| Team | City, Region | Arena | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grindavík | Grindavík | Mustad Höllin |  Daníel Guðni Guðmundsson
|
| Haukar | Hafnarfjörður | Schenkerhöllin | Israel Martín
|
| Höttur | Egilsstaðir | Dalhús | Viðar Örn Hafsteinsson
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| ÍR | Reykjavík | Hertz Hellirinn |  Borce Ilievski
|
| Keflavík | Keflavík | TM Höllin | Hjalti Þór Vilhjálmsson
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| KR | Reykjavík | DHL Höllin | Darri Freyr Atlason
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| Njarðvík | Njarðvík | Ljónagryfjan | Einar Árni Jóhannsson
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| Stjarnan | Garðabær | Ásgarður | Arnar Guðjónsson
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| Tindastóll | Sauðárkrókur | Sauðárkrókur | Baldur Þór Ragnarsson
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| Valur | Reykjavík | Origo-höllin | Ágúst Björgvinsson
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| Þór Akureyri | Akureyri | Höllin |  Andrew Johnson
|
| Þór Þorlákshöfn | Þorlákshöfn | Icelandic Glacial Höllin | Lárus Jónsson
|
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced with | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Þór Akureyri | Lárus Jónsson[2] |
Resigned | 14 April 2020 | Off-season | Andrew Johnson |
1 August 2020[3] |
| Þór Þorlákshöfn | Friðrik Ingi Rúnarsson[4] |
Resigned | 27 March 2020 | Lárus Jónsson[5] |
15 April 2020 | |
| KR | Ingi Þór Steinþórsson[6] |
Fired | 7 May 2020 | Darri Freyr Atlason |
25 May 2020[7] |
Regular season
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grindavík | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | Haukar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Höttur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | ÍR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Keflavík | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | KR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Njarðvík | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Stjarnan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Tindastóll | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Valur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Þór Akureyri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegated to Division 1 |
| 12 | Þór Þorlákshöfn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: KKÍ
Results
Notable occurrences
- On 14 April, Nikolas Tomsick signed with Tindastóll, meeting his former Þór Þorlákshöfn coach Baldur Þór Ragnarsson.[8]
- On 16 April, it was reported that ÍR had terminated its contract with national team center Sigurður Þorsteinsson[9] and was involved in a salary dispute with him.[10]
- On 16 April, ÍR signed three-time 1. deild karla scoring leader Everage Richardson.[11]
- On 7 May, Valur announced it had released Ragnar Nathanaelsson and Austin Magnús Bracey.[12]
- On 12 May, Þór Akureyri signed Srdjan Stojanovic from Fjölnir. Stojanovic was the 8th leading scorer in the league the previous season.[13]
- On 17 May, Grindavík signed Icelandic national team member Kristinn Pálsson from Njarðvík.[14]
- On 18 May, Stjarnan announced it had added Danielle Rodriguez and Ingi Þór Steinþórsson as assistant coaches to Arnar Guðjónsson. Rodriguez had spent the previous four seasons playing in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna while Ingi Þór had spent the last two seasons as the head coach of reigning Úrvalsdeild karla champions KR.[15]
- On 1 June, Haukar signed national team player Ragnar Nathanaelsson who had played the previous two seasons with Valur.[16]
- On 10 June, Icelandic national team member Sigurður Þorsteinsson signed with Höttur.[17]
- On 16 June, ÍR hired Kristjana Eir Jónsdóttir as an assistant coach, making her the second female coach in the league behind Stjarnan's Danielle Rodriguez.[18]
- On 30 June, Mirza Sarajlija signed with Stjarnan, filling the spot left by Nikolas Tomsick.[19]
- On 29 July, Tindastóll signed Shawn Glover.[20]
- On 5 August, former Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year and 5-time national champion Jón Arnór Stefánsson left KR and signed with its Reykjavík rivals Valur.[21]
- On 6 August, Grindavík signed Estonian national team member Joonas Järveläinen.[22]
References
- ^ "Reglugerð um körfuknattleiksmót". KKI.is (in Icelandic). 20. grein ÚRVALSDEILD KARLA. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ Anton Ingi Leifsson (15 April 2020). "Lárus nýtti sér upp uppsagnarákvæði og er hættur með Þór". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson (1 August 2020). "Þór Akureyri loks búið að ráða þjálfara". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (27 March 2020). "Friðrik Ingi hættur hjá Þór". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Hjörvar Ólafsson (15 April 2020). "Lárus tekur við Þór Þorlákshöfn". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Haukur Harðarson (7 May 2020). "Inga Þór sagt upp sem þjálfara KR - tekur Darri við?". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (25 May 2020). "Darri Freyr og Francisco Garcia taka við KR-liðunum". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ "Nick Tomsick búinn að skrifa undir við Tindastól". Feykir.is (in Icelandic). 26 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ Anton Ingi Leifsson (16 April 2020). "ÍR riftir samningnum við Sigurð Gunnar". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (16 April 2020). "Sigurður Gunnar á í launadeilu við ÍR". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Helgi Hrafn Ólafsson (16 April 2020). "Everage Richardson til ÍR "Ég er tilbúinn fyrir nýja áskorun"". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (7 May 2020). "Finnur byrjaður að taka til hjá Val". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ Sindri Sverrisson (12 May 2020). "Þórsarar fá Stojanovic en missa Baldur". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ Sindri Sverrisson (16 May 2020). "Grindavík fær góðan liðsstyrk úr Njarðvík". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (18 May 2020). "Arnar Guðjóns fær Inga Þór og Dani Rodriguez sér til aðstoðar í Garðabænum". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson (1 June 2020). "Ragnar gengur til liðs við Hauka". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- ^ Gunnar Gunnarsson (10 June 2020). "Langstærstu félagaskipti í sögu Hattar". Austurfrétt (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ^ Anton Ingi Leifsson (17 June 2020). "Kristjana Eir: Buðu mér tækifæri sem ég gat ekki hafnað". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (30 June 2020). "Stjarnan búin að finna mann í staðinn fyrir Tomsick". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- ^ Davíð Eldur (29 July 2020). "Shawn Glover til Tindastóls – Ekki fleiri ráðnir fyrir næsta tímabil". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (5 August 2020). "Staðfesta félagaskipti Jóns Arnórs til Vals: „Ótrúlega sérstakt að kveðja KR í bili"". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ^ Ólafur Þór Jónsson (6 August 2020). "Eistneskur landsliðsmaður til Grindavíkur". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 6 August 2020.